Remi Adefarasin Filmography

Occupation:: Cinematographer
Biography:: Remi Adefarasin's name may not be as widely recognised as those of the actors in front of his camera, but the cinematographer left an indelible imprint on almost thirty film and television productions during the 1980s and 90s. Adefarasin first made his mark in British television in the early 80s....Read More

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Fred Claus

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, John Michael Higgins, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz

Synopsis: Santa's black-sheep brother gets a much-needed shot at redemption in this holiday comedy reuniting actor Vince Vaughn and director David Dobkin (Clay Pigeons, Wedding Crashers). It's not easy being the brother of a benevolent and beloved saint, and no one knows that better than Fred Claus Read More

11/9/07
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Rhys Ifans, Jordi Mollà

Synopsis: Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to the critically acclaimed 1998 biopic Elizabeth that explores the 16th century romance between the "Virgin Queen" and noted adventurer Sir Walter Read More

10/12/07
Amazing Grace

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon

Synopsis: One man's role in the long battle to outlaw slavery in the United Kingdom sets the stage for this historical drama from director Michael Apted. In 1784, 21-year-old William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) was elected to the British House of Commons, and soon established himself as a politician with a Read More

2/23/07
Scoop

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane, Charles Dance

Synopsis: Both laughs and thrills are on the masthead in this comedy drama about a would-be reporter written and directed by Woody Allen. Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) is an American journalism student who travels to England to visit friends. While in London, she attends a magic show where magician Read More

7/28/06
Cinematographer Style

Actors: Remi Adefarasin, Russ T. Alsobrook, Howard A. Anderson III, Peter Anderson

Synopsis: Over a hundred leading cameramen (and women) discuss the fine art of motion picture photography in this documentary. Cinematographer Style is compiled from interviews with a broad cross section of respected cinematographers, ranging from award-winning veterans such as Gordon Willis (The Read More

2006
Match Point

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox

Synopsis:
A clandestine love affair sends one man's charmed life into a tailspin in this dark, disturbing drama written and directed by Woody Allen, his first film set and shot in Great Britain and one his few films sans any humor. Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) is an Irish tennis player with an Read More

12/29/05
In Good Company

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger, David Paymer

Synopsis: A middle-aged man finds a callow twentysomething usurping his professional life and worming his way into his family in this alternately funny and poignant comedy drama. Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is a middle-aged man who has spent 20 years as the head of advertising sales for Sports Read More

12/29/04
The Haunted Mansion

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly

Synopsis: After the blockbuster success of Pirates of the Caribbean, another Disney theme park ride is adapted for the big screen in this family-friendly mix of comedy and chills. Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) is a real estate agent whose latest project is to find a buyer for a huge but dilapidated old house in Read More

11/26/03
Johnny English

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, Douglas McFerran

Synopsis: An unhinged parody of James Bond theatrics, Johnny English finds Mr. Bean himself suiting up as the eponymous super spy for a series of wild and silly adventures. A lowly pencil pusher working for the MI7 agency, Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is Read More

4/11/03
About a Boy

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz

Synopsis: London's most frequently eligible bachelor gets some lessons in growing up from a maladroit 12-year-old boy in this third big-screen adaptation of a Nick Hornby novel, directed and co-written by siblings Chris and Paul Weitz of American Pie fame. About a Boy concerns the parallel coming-of-age Read More

5/17/02
Unconditional Love

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Meredith Eaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Lynn Redgrave

Synopsis: What's a middle-aged woman to do when her husband walks out on her and her favorite pop star is murdered by a serial killer? Writer/director P.J. Hogan explores this and many other pressing questions in Unconditional Love, a comic murder-mystery he devised with his wife and co-screenwriter, Jocelyn Moorhouse Read More

2002
The One & Only

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Richard Roxburgh, Justine Waddell, Jonathan Cake, Aisling O'Sullivan, Patsy Kensit

Synopsis: An adaptation of the 1999 Danish film Den Eneste Ene and set in modern day Newcastle, England, this easygoing urban comedy concerns a recently widowed father attempting to start anew following the death of his spouse. Though he had been having doubts about their relationship and in particular the Read More

2002
Band of Brothers

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Ron Livingston, Matthew Settle, Rick Warden, Frank John Hughes, Scott Grimes, David Schwimmer

Synopsis: Executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks for HBO, Band of Brothers is a ten-part miniseries based on the book Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose. The series dramatically re-creates the path of Easy Read More

2001
The House of Mirth

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Elizabeth McGovern

Synopsis: Adapted for the screen from Edith Wharton's much-loved novel of the same name, House of Mirth follows the fortunes -- or lack thereof -- of Lily Bart, an ambitious but financially imperiled young woman looking for a rich husband in early 20th century New York. The story opens as Lily (Gillian Read More

12/22/00
Arabian Nights

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Mili Avital, Dougray Scott, Alan Bates, Jason Scott Lee, John Leguizamo

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV retelling of the classic tale A Thousand and One Nights, a woman discovers the ability to spin a good yarn is literally a matter of life and death. Schahriar (Dougray Scott), a powerful sultan who rules Bagdad, has developed a bitterness and distrust of women ever since he Read More

2000
Onegin

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey, Martin Donovan

Synopsis: Another member of the Fiennes family leaves a mark in the film business, as Martha Fiennes makes her big-screen directorial debut with a screen adaptation of the verse novel by Aleksander Pushkin, with her big brother Ralph Fiennes in the leading role. Onegin (Fiennes) is a blase man who has grown Read More

12/17/99
Elizabeth

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough

Synopsis: This British-made historical drama depicts the rise of young Elizabeth Tudor to Queen of England, a reign of intrigue and betrayals. In 1554, Queen Mary I (Kathy Burke) tries to restore Catholicism as England's single faith. With no heir to the crown, she maneuvers to keep her Protestant Read More

11/6/98
Sliding Doors

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Zara Turner

Synopsis: British actor Peter Howitt wrote and directed this British romantic comedy-drama with a "road not taken" premise recalling the 1921 play If by Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and O.Henry's short story Roads of Destiny (1909). Howitt's storyline branches in two Read More

1998
The English Patient

Crew: Second Unit Director Of Photography

Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews

Synopsis: Anthony Minghella wrote and directed this award-winning adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel about a doomed and tragic romance set against the backdrop of World War II. In a field hospital in Italy, Hana (Juliette Binoche), a nurse from Canada, is caring for a pilot who was horribly burned in a Read More

1996
Hollow Reed

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson, Ian Hart, Jason Flemyng, Sam Bould

Synopsis: Violence and anti-gay prejudice combine to make a heated custody battle all the more ugly in this tense domestic drama. Hannah Wyatt (Joely Richardson) is a single mother who lives with her nine-year-old son Oliver (Sam Bould) and her boyfriend Frank Donally (Jason Flemyng). Hannah was married to Read More

1996
Into the Fire

Crew: Cinematographer

1995
The Buccaneers

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Carla Gugino, Alison Elliott, Mira Sorvino

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Edith Wharton, The Buccaneers follows four wealthy young women -- Nan (Carla Gugino), Virginia St. George (Alison Eliott), Conchita Closson (Mira Sorvino), and Lizzy Elmsworth (Rya Kihlstedt) -- throughout their eventful journey from America to London. Though they set off Read More

1995
Shades of Fear

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Jonathan Pryce, Dorothy Tutin

Synopsis: This British romantic comedy follows the exploits of a young woman determined to become an aviator in the 1950's. The story begins in the West Indies as plucky Gabriel Angel prepares to board a ship home to England to achieve her dreams of flying. Due to a reservations glitch, Gabriel must share Read More

1994
Captives

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Tim Roth, Julia Ormond, Keith Allen, Siobhan Redmond, Peter Capaldi

Synopsis: This dramatic love story takes place in a British prison. Rachel, a young dentist, decides to take a part-time job at a nearby prison after she and her husband are separated. There, she meets Philip, whose ten-year incarceration for killing his girlfriend is almost up. Rachel and Philip fall in Read More

1994
The Wedding Gift

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Andrew Lancel, Anastasia Mulrooney, Thora Hird, Sian Thomas

Synopsis: This British drama was originally created for British television but was later released in the U.S. It is based on a true story and chronicles the struggles of Deric and Diana Longden, a happily married couple who try to cope with Diana's inexplicable degenerative disease which causes occasional Read More

1994
Midnight Movie

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Jim Carter, Louise Germaine, Brian Dennehy, Anna Cropper, Steven Mackintosh

Synopsis: This British parody is the last film of famed television writer Dennis Potter. The story centers upon a terribly tacky British horror film "Smoke Rings," which featured the screaming talents of the ambitious, sexy model and starlet Mandy Mason, who mysteriously died soon after the film was Read More

1994
Memento Mori

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Stephanie Cole, Renée Ashershon, Michael Hordern, Thora Hird, Maggie Smith, Maurice Denham, Cyril Cusack

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Muriel Spark (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), the British TV drama Memento Mori boasts an impressive cast of veterans, including Maurice Denham, Cyril Cusack, Sir Michael Hordern, Renee Ashershon, and Maggie Smith. The story concerns an eccentric group of senior citizens who Read More

1992
The Hummingbird Tree

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Patrick Bergin, Susan Wooldridge

Synopsis: Until not so very long ago, European-ruled islands in the Caribbean had a very distinct class structure, with European-born whites at the top, followed by the local variety, mulattos of every kind in the middle, and fully ethnic people of color at the bottom. Despite that, in this film set in Read More

1992
The Lost Language of Cranes

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Brian Cox, Eileen Atkins, Angus MacFadyen, Corey Parker, René Auberjonois

Synopsis: Adaptation of the David Leavitt novel in which a young man agonizes over revealing his homosexuality to his parents, but doesn't realize that his father is also gay and is about to come out of the closet in a way that will destroy his marriage. ~ Nicole Gagne, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Truly, Madly, Deeply

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Bill Paterson, Michael Maloney, Christopher Rozycki, Jenny Howe

Synopsis: Pianist Nina (Juliet Stevenson) and cellist Jamie (Alan Rickman) played together and loved together. When they weren't making music with each other, they made love. It was an idyllic romantic and musical partnership, and when Jamie dies, Nina takes it very hard. The condolences of friends and Read More

5/3/91
Sleepers

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Nigel Havers, Warren Clarke, David Calder, Michael Gough

Synopsis: This four-part British miniseries took place just after the fall of the Soviet Union. Going through Kremlin files, a team of Soviet bureaucrats discover that two KGB "sleepers," or secret agents, were assigned to England 20 years before, and had been there ever since. One of the sleepers was a Read More

1991
Hallelujah Anyhow

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Keith David, George Harris, Maynard Eziashi, Clare Perkins

Synopsis: Adlyn (Dona Croll) is a woman preacher married to the pastor of a large church for Caribbean blacks living in Britain. She has lived for years with a guilty secret: her son's real father is not the man she's married to. When the boy's real father (who has been living in the U.S.) shows up for the Read More

1990
Christabel

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Elizabeth Hurley, Stephen Dillone

Synopsis: A BBC production, Christabel was one of several British TV iniseries seen during the 1988-89 season of the PBS anthology series Masterpiece Theatre. Dennis Potter adapted the teleplay from Christabel Bielenberg's autobiography The Past is Myself. Elizabeth Hurley plays Christabel, a British woman Read More

1989
Sweet as You Are

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: In this drama, a husband strays with a drug-addict student and comes home HIV positive. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Shoot for the Sun

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Jimmy Nail, Brian Cox, Sara Clee, Billy McColl, Bill Simpson

Synopsis: Geordie makes a living supplying heroin to other Edinburgh dealers. He is assisted by his wife Sadie and his burly friend Duffy, who not only protects Geordie, but also sells a little on the side. The trouble begins when Duffy begins suffering moral qualms about the business and tries to get out. Read More

1986
Four Days in July

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Brid Brennan, Desmond McAleer, Charles Lawson, Paula Hamilton, Shane Connaughton

Synopsis: The setting of Mike Leigh's Four Days in July is Belfast in the mid-'80s, just before the annual July 12th march of The Orangemen to celebrate the 17th century victory of the Protestant William of Orange over the Catholic King John II. Two couples prepare to have their first child. Collette (Brid Brennan Read More

1984
Amy

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Harriet Walter, Clive Francis, Patrick Troughton, Denys Hawthorne, George A. Cooper, Roger Hammond

1983
Grown Ups

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Brenda Blethyn

Synopsis: Made for British television by filmmaker Mike Leigh, Grown Ups is a detailed slice-of-life drama about a married, working-class couple in Canterbury, England. The film begins with the young couple, Dick and Mandy, moving to a new, rather small home and becoming neighbors to Mr. Butcher, an Read More

1980

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